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Garrick Meeker (gurk@chickenboo.EBB.Eng.Sun.COM) wrote:
: I currently have my PC (running Linux) networked to my Amiga (running
: AmiTCP) with a serial cable.  I'd like to connect them with a parallel
: cable.  I've looked at the docs for the PLIP drivers on both sides
: and the cables seem to be designed differently.  Can someone tell me if
: the drivers are compatible as is?  If so, how do I wire the cable?  If
: not, what needs to be changed in the drivers?  Thanks.


If the Amiga PLIP driver is compatible with the Crynwr (sic) PLIP driver,
then you should be OK.  Basically the main difference would lie in
what pins are the status pins--ie. the data pins should be wired the
same on both ends.

As I remember it, there were data pins on one end wired to status pins
on the other, and vice versa.  Likely, the status pins are numbered
slightly different on the Amiga end, and thus some minor moving is
necessary.  (Either that, or different status pins are available.)

As long as you keep the Amiga_Data -> PC_Status wiring the same,
and can find the appropriate mapping for the PC_Data -> Amiga_Status
wiring, you should be all set.  This is of course assuming that
the Amiga PLIP is compatible, which I have no idea about.  One thing
worth noting:  such a cable would only work  when the right ends 
were plugged into the right computers.  (ie. it'd have distinct
Amiga and IBM ends.)

Best of luck,

--Joe

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